[SOLVED] How to display first N latests posts without pagination?

Hi all,

I'm trying to display a fixed number of latest posts on a page, without pagination.
Is query_posts the function to use?
Although I can limit the number of posts returned via posts_per_page, pagination still occurs (ie I see a Old/Newer posts link at the bottom of the page - I am ok with pagination on other pages, but not this particular page). On the other hand, setting nopaging=false in query_posts will cause all posts to be displayed.

Is there a solution to this?

Thanks!